North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)

AphiaID

135595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135595)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Original name

Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

Direct children (2)

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Species Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Alella macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906) accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000004583 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135595 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=135595 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2006-09-05 06:52:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-05-17 13:33:31Z

checked

Boxshall, Geoff

2011-12-09 13:26:26Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2022-03-15 15:23:03Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000004583 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors

additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1966). Le Genre Alella Leigh Sharpe, 1925 (Copepoda, Fam. Lernaeopodidae). Proceedings of the Ist International Congress of Parasitology 2:1081-1082. [details] Available for editors

additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1976). Opinion, 1047. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): designation of type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4):230-232. (30-i-1976). [details] Available for editors

additional source Dippenaar, S.M. (2016). Does Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) really consist of seven species? Systematic Parasitology, 93(1):47-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9601-0 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hassan, A.M. (2018). Diversity of metazoan parasites of two reef associated fish species from Qatar (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus and Pomacanthus maculosus). M.Sc. Thesis, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 143 pp. [details] Available for editors

additional source Melville, R.V. (1976). Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): Designation of Type-Species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4): 230-232. [details] Available for editors

additional source Castro Romero, R., A. ?ktener, M. Moncada & M.M. Montes. (2025). Genetic analysis of two Alella spp. (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) supports their validity and justifies a new genus for Alella igillimpethu Erasmus, Hadfield, Wepener & Smit, 2023. Zootaxa. 5706(1): 93-106., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/55879 [details] Available for editors